https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d42eba880e55c6d5508fe350b7a1c3dbc334f9b6
commit: d42eba880e55c6d5508fe350b7a1c3dbc334f9b6
branch: 3.12
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: gpshead <[email protected]>
date: 2025-02-08T20:13:40Z
summary:

[3.12] gh-64414: mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (GH-129866) 
(#129869)

gh-64414: mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (GH-129866)

mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs.
(cherry picked from commit 5ce70ad129d2e34a09f8ae6ee0542f4f996fb8ec)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/socketserver.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index e8d176edfcbda8..72e9a2e10804a8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -260,8 +260,11 @@ Server Objects
 
    .. attribute:: address_family
 
-      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.
-      Common examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET` and :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.
+      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.  Common
+      examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET`, :const:`socket.AF_INET6`, and
+      :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.  Subclass the TCP or UDP server classes in this
+      module with class attribute ``address_family = AF_INET6`` set if you
+      want IPv6 server classes.
 
 
    .. attribute:: RequestHandlerClass

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